You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.

Sunrises and sunsets are real jerks about putting things in perspective.

It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.

Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

I thought I was going to be a poet when I was in college, but then I found out I was poor so I decided to do something I'd get paid for.

The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out.

Crime is for poor people. You don't need to rob the bank if you own it.

I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in a circus that never stops performing.

A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff. You're not as good as you think you are, at least not yet.

It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all the future failures of his life on you.

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.

Courage is resistance to fear mastery of fear not absence of fear.

If a government is to do great new things, it will need more support. If a government is to change the world, it will need mass support. This is one of the discoveries of modern government.

L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who.

I'm always interested in what's next or what is the new kind of thinking.

I had some really great experiences doing overdubs.

When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?

Dreams are like letters from God. Isn't it time you answered your mail?

If a product costs $10,000 or $20,000 it has limited use. This is what the first computers cost! Only when almost everyone is able to afford it will it be a real thing.

Look, it's to the point where kids are getting Botox. It's insane. We're not allowed to age